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Archival

Archival

The greatest story ever written doesn’t want to be changed.

20260

Overview

Marigold Finch boards a train headed to the mysterious Chekhol Institute, a secret academy devoted to preserving "forbidden books deemed too dangerous for society". This institute is filled with eccentric rich-kid scholars known as Archivists – a group gifted with the creative power and training needed to enter story worlds and live inside them. Marigold knows that her brother Sebastian, who disappeared a few years ago, was accepted to the same archivist program before he went missing. When she discovers that Sebastian has been trapped inside an unfinished mystery novel called The Hampton Inheritance, Marigold ventures inside to save him before it's too late.

Directed by Cole Rutman
Written by Maia Aqui, Julia Wilmot, Elora Chambers
Produced by Nicole Surette-Bourque, Jasmine Xu, Amara Chigbo
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Top Cast

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Nicole Grace Goddard

Marigold Finch / Diane The Great

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Ty Zukerman Schure

Sebastian Finch / Liam Hampton

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Colin Spencer

Clarence Kay

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Jamie Kearns

Amelia Maizels

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Ongkush Banik

William H. Twain

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Natan Halili

JP Hampton

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Jenna Thurley

Stephanie Hampton

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James Kenneth

Dr. Dan Simpson

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Sarah Osten

Patricia Gray

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William Tommasone

PJ Hemmingway

Themes & Keywords

science and technologyinstitutefictionmysterydetective noveldark academiablockbuster

About Archival

Archival is a science fiction, mystery, fantasy, drama film released in 2026 exploring themes of science and technology, institute, fiction, mystery, detective novel, dark academia. Directed by Cole Rutman, it stars Nicole Grace Goddard, Ty Zukerman Schure, Colin Spencer. Marigold Finch boards a train headed to the mysterious Chekhol Institute, a secret academy devoted to preserving "forbidden books deemed too dangerous for society". This institute is filled with eccentric rich-kid scholars known as Archivists – a group gifted with the creative power and training needed to enter story worlds and live inside them. Marigold knows that her brother Sebastian, who disappeared a few years ago, was accepted to the same archivist program before he went missing. When she discovers that Sebastian has been trapped inside an unfinished mystery novel called The Hampton Inheritance, Marigold ventures inside to save him before it's too late.

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